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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dave D.)</div><div class='quotemain'>Here's something we all lost sight of somewhere along the way: RJ has chronic asthma, first diagnosed at age 8. You wonder how anyone can play basketball, especially when the attacks become common in cold weather, during periods of stress, and exertion -- all of which he is very familiar with these days.
Anyway, Tim Walsh handed him an inhaler - one of those circular, purple contraptions -- before the Detroit game, and he took a few deep breaths. Then he went out and shot 5-for-11 and turned it over seven times.
Cause-effect? Well, put it this way: He usually tears up Tayshaun Prince pretty good.
Jefferson never brings this up, of course, even though there have been nights when he's working on 50-percent lung capacity.
That didn't stop this guy from bringing it up, though:
"The game against Detroit his asthma was really bad," L-Frank said this morning. "He couldn't even catch his breath. That was kind of a fluke."</div>
Wow. Didn't know that. That might be why he sort of sucked vs. Detroit. Believe me, asthma sucks.
Twenty-four - Dave D'Alessandro - Nets Blast
Anyway, Tim Walsh handed him an inhaler - one of those circular, purple contraptions -- before the Detroit game, and he took a few deep breaths. Then he went out and shot 5-for-11 and turned it over seven times.
Cause-effect? Well, put it this way: He usually tears up Tayshaun Prince pretty good.
Jefferson never brings this up, of course, even though there have been nights when he's working on 50-percent lung capacity.
That didn't stop this guy from bringing it up, though:
"The game against Detroit his asthma was really bad," L-Frank said this morning. "He couldn't even catch his breath. That was kind of a fluke."</div>
Wow. Didn't know that. That might be why he sort of sucked vs. Detroit. Believe me, asthma sucks.
Twenty-four - Dave D'Alessandro - Nets Blast